Woody Bassett: Progress for living

Cancer still scary, but successes are many

By Woody Bassett

Posted: April 20, 2017 at 1 a.m.

Cancer is perhaps the scariest word in the English language. When we go to a doctor for an annual checkup or while waiting for the results of diagnostic testing, often our single greatest fear is the possibility, no matter how slight, that we might suddenly hear our doctor say these words to us: "You have cancer."